The steamer Lady Elgin was carrying passengers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Chicago to hear a speech by Democratic presidential candidate Stephen Douglas.
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In 1866, a transatlantic cable laid by the steamer Great Eastern established reliable communication by telegraph between the United States and England.
If Berliners do escape they either go farther, to the Alps and the Med, or they go north to the Mecklenburger Seeenplatte, which boasts over 1, 000 lakes for sailing, canoeing, cycling or touring by paddle-steamer.